Imagine 99,000 years with a life expectancy at birth of less than 18 years. Our ancestors died before they got old. Infectious diseases were a big culprit. Maybe the rock bands of those eras sang "I hope I live until I get old".Â
Gerontologist Ken Dychtwald (LinkedIn profile) of Age Wave spoke about aging and retirement at CALU 2011. (In the episode 116, we discovered how the wealthy feel about their advisors.)
This podcast accompanies a blog post at Riscario Insider: http://blog.riscario.com/2011/05/longevity-over-last-100000-years-ken.html
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